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No. 5 of 27 ·Telemetry Pipeline Software

AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry

Windows · Linux · Android · Self-hosted · API

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Three barsScore 6.5

  • Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
  • Open codeNo open-source code on record
  • Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
  • DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) is an AWS-supported distribution for collecting logs, metrics, and traces. Applications can be instrumented once to send correlated telemetry to one or more observability backends, and auto-instrumentation can create traces without changing application code. ADOT also gathers metadata from AWS resources and managed services to connect application performance information with infrastructure data. Documented destinations include Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, Amazon OpenSearch, OTLP-compliant backends, and Amazon MSK. It supports applications running on AWS App Runner, Lambda, EC2, ECS, EKS on EC2, Fargate, and on-premises datacenters. Getting-started documentation covers Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, .NET, PHP, and Android. The project says it is backed by AWS Support, testing, and certification, and contributes enhancements and fixes to the OpenTelemetry community. The download page lists Collector version 0.50.0, released August 25, 2026, under the Apache-2.0 license. ADOT is free and supports cloud and self-hosted deployment.

Who it is for

ADOT suits teams collecting application telemetry across AWS and on-premises environments. It may also fit developers who want to route correlated signals to the documented AWS and OTLP-compatible backends.

What is good

  • Collects logs, metrics, and traces.
  • Auto-instrumentation can generate traces without code changes.
  • Supports cloud and self-hosted deployment.
  • Includes guides for seven SDK languages and Android.
  • Apache-2.0 licensed distribution is free.

What to know first

  • Listed Collector version is 0.50.0.
  • Documented deployment options focus on AWS services and on-premises datacenters.

Verdict

ADOT offers a free OpenTelemetry distribution with AWS resource metadata and a range of documented backends and deployment environments. Teams should check that its listed Collector version and supported destinations suit their requirements.

AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry plans and pricing

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AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Free Apache-2.0 licensed distribution · collector version 0.50.0 listed aws-otel.github.io · 5 Oct 2026

Compared on telemetry pipeline software

Free plan
Yes
Logs support
Yes
Metrics support
Yes
Traces support
Yes
Transform rules
Yes
Multi-destination routing
Yes
Data enrichment
Yes
Deployment model
both

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